Norwich City 2-4 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016
Result
Norwich City 2-4 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 23 January 2016, 12:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Norwich City 2-4 Liverpool: match report
Norwich City were beaten by Liverpool 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 January 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Dieumerci Mbokani (29'), S. Naismith (41'), Wesley Hoolahan (54', penalty) and Sebastien Bassong (90+2'). Liverpool scored through Roberto Firmino (18'), Jordan Henderson (55'), Roberto Firmino (63'), James Milner (75') and Adam Lallana (90+5').
Discipline: Norwich City received no yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Norwich City were 17th on 22 points from 22 and Liverpool 13th on 29 points from 22. Norwich City went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Liverpool 8th with 58.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Firmino of Liverpool (8.8), ahead of Dieumerci Mbokani (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 2 draws and 7 for Liverpool.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 29'Goal · Dieumerci Mbokani
- 41'Goal · S. Naismith
- 54'Penalty goal · Wesley Hoolahan
- 55'Goal · Jordan Henderson
- 63'Goal · Roberto Firmino
- 75'Goal · James Milner
- 90+2'Goal · Sebastien Bassong
- 90+5'Yellow card · Adam Lallana
- 90+5'Goal · Adam Lallana
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Declan Rudd, Ivo Pinto, Russell Martin, Sebastien Bassong, Robbie Brady, Nathan Redmond, Graham Dorrans, Jonathan Howson, Wesley Hoolahan, Steven Naismith, Dieumerci Mbokani
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Kolo Touré, Mamadou Sakho, Alberto Moreno, Jordan Henderson, Lucas Leiva, Emre Can, James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Jordon Ibe